I SHOULD be cleaning/working/tidying right now, seeing as my MIL and step FIL are coming into town this afternoon.
But you know what? I can't. I simply CAN'T.
I'm so tired. 3 more days until the wedding... I don't have the energy. I even tried finding a babysitter to come over and watch the baby while I clean and work, and everyone was busy so... I'm just not doing anything.
Is that bad?
I'm trying to make this my 'mental health day' (which is really hard staring at all the things that need to be done), but I NEED this.
That's okay, right? To just ignore everything (except the kiddos) and stop caring so much about getting things done?
I'm afraid I might regret this later, but I'm still recovering from strep, the baby is sick, I'd just rather chill out and do nothing/think of nothing for a few hours instead of busting my butt cleaning. Does anyone else do this?
I just need some time to BREATHE ;)
@ Jess, YES, FINALLY GOT THINGS GOING, LOL!! I feel soooo much better ;)
And to all the ladies who want a wedding pic, YES OF COURSE I'll post one as soon as I get them :)
Pfft, skip the baby sitter and have a cleaning lady come over. There are times I think they are cheaper anyway.
I would take some time with the kids and then when MIL gets into town send her with the kids some place else :) Then veg comes to mind again then a quick house cleaning.
Glad to hear the #2 problem has been resolved. ;)
Eh, I work best under pressure, too.
Especially when it gets to that point where it looks like What Gets Done Gets Done, What Does Not, Does Not.
:)
girl. go get your mental health day. BTW - did you ever poop?
If the In-laws glance around your house in disgust, in a lighthearted tone say "Oh geez, it's been so crazy around here that I just haven't found the energy to pick up around here."
But also, if you tried making it a game with your kiddos, set the timer for 10 minutes and all of y'all work together. I bet you could pick up/clean up decently well in ten minutes non-stop, working together.
All I'm going to say, is that we came home from our little honeymoon to a complete wreck of a house. I mean, it was disgusting. So that should tell you how much tidying up I did in the days before the wedding. I. JUST. COULDN'T. Besides having soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much wedding stuff to get done, trying not to ignore my son, and being totally frazzled emotionally, any free second I had, which usually didn't come until about 2 am was spent sleeping. So, no, don't worry about the mess. You'll have plenty of time to get things back in order AFTER the nuptials.
So exciting... 3 days!!!
Girl! I keep telling you to come up!!!! You could escape here!!!
You need the mental health day...take 30 minutes to "tidy up" - then you won't be stressing or making excuses to them when they get there...
once your 30 minutes of tidying is up - it's all about you baby - all about you!!! You will feel better knowing you made the effort and then took care of you!!!
YOU GOT IT GIRL!!!
I do it all the time. I just get so tired of cleaning all the time. If they don't like then they shouldn't look. They should understand that you have been sick and the baby is sick and that is just draining in itself. If your in laws are great to you then they would be happy to help you out anyway they can. Good luck and feel better.
Take the day easy mommy! Sometimes you just have to let everything be and relax. When the In-Laws arrive will they help with baby or even clean? My mother-in-law would completely take over to clean and take care of baby so I could rest/relax.
I do it ALL the time, at least weekly I have one day, or half day, that I say "doing nothing besides take care of my kid and relax." Some times I even call one of the grandmas, so thankfully they both live with-in 30 mins, and say I need a little break can I drop off your granddaughter for a few hours. Usually they are so happy to spend 2-3 hours with her and jump at it.
